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December 20, 2009 Category: California, Central Coast, coffee@home, Rating 4, roaster, United States Tags: Abid Clever Coffee Dripper, Brazil Mogiana Fazenda Cachoiera, coffee, coffee review, El Salvador Finca San Eduardo, espresso, french press, rating coffee, Street Level Blend, Verve Coffee Roasters
Beans: Streetlevel Espresso Roaster: Verve Coffee Roasters Rating: 4
I sang my praises of this espresso blend when describing my trip to Verve, where it’s pulled as the house espresso. Interestingly, Verve’s bay area wholesale accounts have tended to favor other other blends, like the Sermon, which are likely a bit more forgiving and [...]
December 10, 2009 Category: cafe, California, Central Coast, Rating 4, roaster, United States Tags: Chris Baca, coffee, coffee review, espresso, Ethiopia Sidamo Haile, Ethiopia Yergacheffe Koke Cooperative, Guatemala San Jose Ocana, La Marzocco GB/5, Panama Elida Estate, rating coffee, Santa Cruz Coffee, Street Level Blend, Verve Coffee Roasters
Name: Verve Coffee Roasters Location: 816 41st Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA Rating: 4-
Staying in a house with 12 adults and 9 children under the age of 3 was a total blast albeit a little chaotic. Still, it didn’t take a lot of coaxing for me to volunteer to run an errand when [...]
August 26, 2009 Category: California, Central Coast, Rating 3, Rating 4, United States Tags: coffee, coffee review, espresso, Ethiopia coffee, Ethiopia Sidamo Dry-Process Dale Organic, rating coffee, Vancouver Blend Decaf, Verve Coffee Roasters
Beans: Ethiopia Sidamo Dale and Vancouver Decaf Roaster: Verve Coffee Roasters Rating: 4- and 3
The best analogy I’ve been able to think of for dry processed coffees so far is game meat. While I often like it, if not of the right quality or not well-prepared, the gaminess can overwhelm. And even [...]
August 13, 2008 Category: Brooklyn, California, Central Coast, East Bay, Manhattan, New York City, North Bay, San Francisco, the scoop, United States Tags: 33 Revolutions Cafe, Alterra Coffee, Bay Area coffee, Cafe Grumpy, Chris Owens, coffee, coffee cupping, Counter Culture Coffee, El Salvador coffee, El Salvador Matalapa, espresso, Guatemala coffee, Guatemala San Jose El Yalu, Justin Tiesel, M'Lissa Muckerman, Octane Coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Ritual Flora Grubb, Ritual Oxbow Market, San Francisco coffee, USBC 2008 In case you haven’t noticed, Ritual has been a busy, busy coffee company in the past few months. Here’s a bit of what’s been going on.
Ritual’s new website is online. Amongst other things, it includes some great videos on cupping, brewing and other tips and tricks for appreciating good coffee. Staff have revamped the [...]
April 2, 2008 Category: cafe, California, Central Coast, East Bay, North Bay, Rating 4, roaster, San Francisco, South Bay, United States Tags: Barefoot Coffee Roasters, Blue Bottle Coffee Company, Chris Baca, Clover Brewer, coffee, Coffee Klatch, coffee review, Ecco Caffe, espresso, Flying Goat Coffee, Heather Perry, Intelligentsia Coffee and Tea, John Laird, Ken Davids, Kyle Glanville, Mike Perry, Moksha Coffee Roasters, Pacific Bay Coffee Company, rating coffee, Ritual Coffee Roasters, Taylor Maid Farms, Verve Coffee Roasters, Weavers Coffee and Tea, WRBC 2008
Name: The 2008 Western Regional Barista Championship Host: Pacific Bay Coffee Company Location: Gaia Arts Center, 2120 Alston Way, Berkeley, CA Rating: 4
The 2008 Western Regional Barista Competition took place this past weekend in my hometown of Berkeley. Of course, the fact that I’m only just now getting around to posting my summary [...]
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